Automobile fender



A. RONTANE AUTOMOBILE FENDER Filed June 5,

Dec. 1 1925.

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A. RQ'NTA AUTOMOBILE FENDER Filed June 5, 192 2 sl-Aeetssnez. 2

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AUltlilLlIt'l-BILE FENDER.

l, liocs'rmo Roumiti, United States, reeidiug et he co in of Somme and i 5 i invented new and Ve t: in, Automobile Fond the Iollouing is a. specificutionl l to improvements in i and particular reittender adopted to he attached to invention is whereby not will be to catch the person thrown ect in to produce a device normally rolled upon 52. i thrown. into operative poeice sed by the person being herhbjcct is to produce a do rector which may he attached while now upon the market histeciully :zlterihgthe construction ohjcct is to produce dci ihe entirely automatic in optherefore independent of the cur upon which the some is utand udwln'tuges will be the course of the following the accompanying drmvings forming at ort oithis specili ration, and in which. like nun 'uxuls are employed to designate like parts "throughout the some,

l-Ehgure l is n elevation of the trout portion of an automobile having my device e'ttuched thereto,

ure It is u top plan View of Figure I, ure is it View similar to Figure l, the ports in operative position,

IV is a crosgsectional dot il View ilding roller and its catch and is u fregmei'itary detail View mr '1' operated drums. T-

' 'urc of the fact that it is a humper or tender upon are not usually inteitidcd to serve pose of cutchlug the person contactthe l loci; but are for the put-poise of r i to the our:

omobile. These bumpers,

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l have therefore provided an automobile bumper of thischurecter whereby it person being struck will be thrown into a net and thereby saved from serious injury.

In the eccom'mnying drawings wherein. for the purpose of illustration. is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates an automobile us at Whole having front Wheels 6, fenders *1 and the usual radiator 8 The side frames oi. the automobile are shown at 9 and 11 and are of the usual construction.

To the end of these frames ere pivoted extensions 12 and 13, on the outer end of which. are rigidly secured e boiolikc strut ture ll. This box-like structure is adapted to house it roller 16 having a net 1'? rolled thereon, The end of thlsroller is squared shown at 18 for the reception of a handcronk, the purpose ofwhich will be later seen.

Braces 19, 21 and carry a bumper 23 of the usual c0nstruction, that is, of spring steel capable of withstanding a substantial blow. Extemh ingdownwardly and forwardly from the braces 19, E31 and 29. are braces 24-, 26 and 27. These loreoes serve to position u soft rubber bumper 28.

By viewing Figures 1 and 3, it will. be noted that these braces are movable with relation to the braces 19, 21 and 22, the point of connection being slidable. This is to provide for the movement of a tongue formed integral with the brace 27. This tongue extends into the box 14 and abuts u downwardly inclined finger 31 formed upon a pivoted catch 32. This catch is pivoted. at 33 and engages o notch 34.- io'rmed in the roller 16.

Cables extendfrom each end of the nu Fiend are indicated at 36 and 37. 'l'hcso cables extend over drums 38 and'39 secured to the shaft 41 mounted at a, point to the rear of the radiator. This shaft 4.1 has coiled therea-bout a. heavy springl2, one end of which is secured to the radiator and the other end is secured to the shaft.

At 43 I have shown braces which serve to take the strain when the bumper 23 strikes an object,

The operation of my device is as fol lows z-- 'l issuming that the parts are in the position shown in Figure l and that a person is struck. l3 having his'legs engaged by and 22 extend forwardly ree the ruhher bumper 28, the result is that the brace 27 more rearwardly which causes the tongue to engage the iin er 31. This immediately releases the re] er-lfi, with the result that the spring all iinparizs a rotation to the drums and ii, ifihus Winding up the cables 38 and 37. This moves the net 17 to the position shown in Figure 3 and at the same iinie causes lhe extensions 12 and 13 to more into a line substantially parallel with the side frames 9 and 11.

A catch protruding from the catch 32, cxiends' through the box 14- and into the path of the braces 43, This catch normally holds the parts in the position shown in Figure 1. When it is desired to return the parts to their normal position a crank is applied to the squared end 18 of the roller and a rotary motion is imparted thereto, which results in the Winding of the net hack into the box and as the cables 36 and 37 unwind from the drums 38 and 39 the spring is again automatically tensioned about the shaft 41, after which steppin on or apply ing downward pressure K0 the bumper 23 moves the same into its latched position with the braces 43. 1

It; is to he understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be ii'eken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resort ed to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a device of the character described, the.

combination with-an automobile having side frames, extensions pivoted to said side frames, a box supported on the ends of said extension, a roller mounted in said box, a net positioned on said roller, a bumper positioned in front of said box, a second bumper positioned in front of and in a plane below said first; mentioned bumper, means for preventing rotation of said roller, means assoc1- aed with said second mentioned bumper for releasing said roller holdin' means, and means for extending said not to a point adjacent the uppermost edge of the radiator of said automobile.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Aeos'rmo RQNTANI. 

